by Anne Derryberry
Gamification – adding game elements to applications for business and education – is a hot trend. But does this dumb down the transformative nature of games? Anne examines the question.
by Bill Brandon
The DevLearn Conference & Expo, November 3-5 in San Francisco, was a great meeting for over 1,600 of your closest colleagues. Read about it here!
by Mary Arnold
Methods intended to engage learners are just tactics that become instructional only when they’re meaningful and strategic. Here’s how to achieve this: by writing content backwards.
by Patti Shank
There is a simple process that will help you figure out what learners need to be able to do in the real world and then make sure they get adequate practice doing it during instruction. Here’s a “play along” article that shows you the process.
by Learning Solutions Staff
Option Six and The Fort Hill Company have released two e-Learning programs that aim to improve the value of other kinds of instruction: online, blended, or classroom.
by Bill Brandon
DemoFest is an annual contest at DevLearn during which dozens of conference participants show off their latest and greatest development efforts, and other conference attendees vote for the ones that they judge the best.
by Learning Solutions Staff
Breakthrough Performance Tech will present their new approach to course authoring, called Performance Drilling, at DevLearn|2010. Participants will be able to create modules and take them home on flash drives.
by Gerry Griffin
Mobile learning will never replace other venues for training, but the technology and the content can make it much more effective. Here are some tips that will help you match the delivery to the need.
by Mary Arnold
Videogames show us how to provide useful feedback, even in conventional e-Learning offerings. There’s more to feedback than correction, as this week’s column demonstrates!
by Marc Rosenberg
Social media and social learning are attracting a lot of attention, but don’t overlook the fact that it’s not the technology that makes them effective. Here are the eight ingredients you need to make social learning successful.

